Cake # 55 Individual Golden Raisin Syrup Sponge Cakes

January 14th 2012 and six years of marriage to the one and only Theodore Childs. As tradition on our anniversaries we go to The Melting Pot for dinner. So I knew whatever cake I was going to make had to be light and healthy because the gluttony we were about to put our bodies through was (as my students like to say) epic.

And it was epic! The Big Feast four course fondue meal was out of this world. Starting with a Wisconsin three cheese blend with apples, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli,  pumpernickel, white, and wheat bread dippers. Next we moved on to salads where I got the House salad (which has eggs and an amazing peppercorn ranch dressing) and Ted got the Caesar salad that has a  slightly louder anchovy taste than most I have eaten. Course three, and possibly Ted's favorite course, the meat. Because the theme of the month at Melting Pot is All American the meats were pretty amazing, Old Bay Shrimp, New York Strip Steak, Buffalo Chicken, and some kind of pork and some kind of ravioli. Since I do not like pork or ravioli, I couldn't tell you how they were prepared... Ted ate all of them himself. While the steak was amazing, my favorite part of course three is the potatoes and The Melting Pot's heavenly goddess dressing, a mixture of chives and sour cream and cream cheese and who knows what else. Finally on to my favorite part of the night, the chocolate. We opted for the Big Night Out special which was a play on PB & J- chocolate, peanut butter, and a puree of strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries - definitely not my favorite chocolate that I have had there, but it is melted chocolate, you can't really go wrong. However, for the first time, Ted and I couldn't finish all of the dessert- we actually left half a cheese cake and some strawberries -- and I thought being pregnant I would be able to stuff my face like no other! The night ended with Ted giving me his present- a dinner and a show (The King and I) at Toby's and a box of chocolate covered strawberries that The Melting Pot gave us for free for our anniversary. It was a wonderful night of eating and laughing and spending time remembering all of the things we have been through together and all of the things we wish for our future. But we still cannot decide on a name for the new child!

Evalyn was being watched by my sister while we were eating, and I think both had a great time -- she did not want to leave! She had a princess cake to eat!

The cake itself we did not actually get time to eat until this morning and that was because we were too afraid to spoil our stomachs for our dinner, so the family had it for breakfast this morning. It was a perfect size cake for breakfast- an upside down muffin drenched in syrup and raisins. The cake was put together with butter, dark corn syrup, whole wheat flour, regular flour, vanilla, baking powder, allspice, sugar, eggs, and raisins. It tasted like a spongy raisin cookie with syrup on it- pretty tasty.


Here is the book's picture:

And here is my cake:

Until next week!